both of these jonah have been leading figures in efforts to address the growing cyber threat to our national and economic security. admiral, as, secretary chertoff will be joined today by senior editorial staff to discuss legislation. here at the george washington university when an initiative could bring together policy, research, and education, among the results of this epoch that are already far in the advance are the creation of a new master of science in a cyber security based on our department of computer science and the launching of an executive m.b.a. that will bring together our school of business and our law school. it is now my pleasure to turn over to the associate vice president of home and security and director of george washington's a homeland security policy institute and the moderator of today's discussion, which i hope you all enjoy it and a profit from. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, president. let me also echo you're welcome to everyone here today. not only in the audience, but also of yours on c-span and those watching our live web stream as wel